When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up

Rock · 2001 · 14 tracks

When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up

Sparse, skeletal indie rock that trades stadium anthems for bedroom intimacy. A collection of fragile, rain-soaked sketches recorded before the world was watching.

The quiet, rainy-day indie record they made before they became the biggest band in the world.

A quiet, rain-streaked collection of songs that feel like private confessions whispered in an empty room.

When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up · vs · Snow Patrol

Stripped Back+2.1σ

The production is built around stripped back than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks

01

Never Gonna Fall in Love Again

2:11

02

Ask Me How I Am

2:35

03

Making Enemies

4:19

04

Black and Blue

3:40

05

Last Ever Lone Gunman

2:43

06

If I’d Found the Right Words to Say

4:47

07

Batten Down the Hatch

3:30

08

One Night Is Not Enough

3:23

09

Chased by… I Don’t Know What

2:41

10

On/Off

2:40

11

An Olive Grove Facing the Sea

5:18

12

When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up

3:18

13

Make Love to Me Forever

2:55

14

Firelight

3:43

Moments Worth Waiting For

The fragile, almost-breaking vocal delivery on the opening of An Olive Grove Facing the Sea.

The sudden, jagged guitar distortion that disrupts the quiet melancholy of Making Enemies.

The way the title track strips everything back to a skeletal, hauntingly intimate arrangement.

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